Shyama Charan Shukla

Shyama Charan Shukla
Shyama Charan Shukla
	Shukla on a 2012 stamp of India
7th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
	In office; 9 December 1989 – 1 March 1990
Preceded by	Motilal Vora
Succeeded by	Sunder Lal Patwa
	In office; 23 December 1975 – 30 April 1977
Preceded by	Prakash Chandra Sethi
Succeeded by	President's rule
	In office; 26 March 1969 – 28 January 1972
Preceded by	Nareshchandra Singh
Succeeded by	Prakash Chandra Sethi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1999–2004
Preceded by	Chandra Shekhar Sahu
Succeeded by	Ajit Jogi
Constituency	Mahasamund
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1990–1999
Preceded by	Punit Ram Sahu
Succeeded by	Amitesh Shukla
Constituency	Rajim
	In office; 1957–1977
Preceded by	Shyamkumari Devi
Succeeded by	Pawan Diwan
Constituency	Rajim
Personal details
Born	27 February 1925; Raipur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Died	14 February 2007; (aged 81); Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (1957-2004)
Spouse	Padmini Shukla (m. 1949)
Relations	Vidya Charan Shukla (brother)
Children	3 (including Amitesh Shukla)
Parent	Ravishankar Shukla (father)

Shyama Charan Shukla (27 February 1925 – 14 February 2007)^[1] was an Indian National Congress politician and thrice Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

Personal life

Shyama Charan Shukla was born on 27 February 1925 in Raipur into a Kanyakubja Brahmin family.^[2] His father Ravishankar Shukla was a lawyer, an Indian National Congress politician from Central Provinces and Berar and the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. His younger brother, Vidya Charan Shukla, was also an INC politician, a union minister, and a nine-time Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

Shyama Charan Shukla was first elected as a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Rajim in 1957. He was re-elected from the same seat in 1962, 1967, 1972, 1990, 1993 and 1998.^[3] He lost from Rajim in 1977.

Shukla served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on three occasions - 1969-72, 1975–77 and 1989-90.^[1]^[3]

In 1999, he was elected as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mahasamund, and served till 2004.^[3]

India Post issued a postage stamp depicting his photo in 2012 as a memorial.

^ ^a ^b "Shyama Charan Shukla: Aristocrat by disposition". Hindustan Times. 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ State Governments, Society for study of (1972). Journal of the society for study of state governments.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pandit Shyama Charan Shukla. pccchhattisgarh.org